Vote: Who should be Iowa’s high school athlete of the week? (11/24/2024)

Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for Nov. 18-24

Holden Hansen celebrates after leading Southeast Polk to the Class 5A title over West Des Moines Valley. / Cody Scanlan/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Vote: Who should be Iowa’s high school athlete of the week? (11/24/2024)

Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for Nov. 18-24

Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for Nov. 18-24. Read through the nominees and cast your vote.

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Congratulations to last week's winner: Nathan Feldmann of North Polk football.

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Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees: 

Kadley Bailey, Creston girls basketball

Bailey scored 23 points with eight steals and three assists as Creston topped Des Moines Hoover, 63-12. 

Jayden Brown, West Des Moines Valley football

Brown hauled in eight passes for 171 yards and a touchdown as the Tigers finished second in Class 5A. 

Drake DeGroote, West Des Moines Valley football

DeGroote completed 17 of 25 for 279 yards with three touchdowns in the Class 5A finals vs. Southeast Polk.

Lexi Dietlker, Springville girls basketball

Dietlker racked up 11 steals to go along with her 12 points vs. Northeast for the Orioles. 

Izzy Elsbach, Nodaway Valley girls basketball

Elsbach did all she could vs. Treynor, scoring 29 points with 16 rebounds, four blocks, three steals and three assists. 

Nathan Feldmann, North Polk football

Feldmann and the Comets on their first-ever state title, as the senior rushed 21 times for 117 yards with three touchdowns in the Class 4A final. 

Grace Fincham, Iowa City West girls basketball

Fincham accounted for 32 points with six rebounds and five steals as the Trojans topped Solon. 

Gustavo Gomez, West Hancock football

Gomez was strong on both sides of the ball, rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown while recording eight tackles with a forced fumble he recovered in the Class A finals.

Holden Hansen, Southeast Polk football

Hansen completed 24 of 37 for 332 yards and three TDs while rushing 19 times for 97 and two more scores to lead the Rams to their fourth consecutive Class 5A title.

A.J. Harder, Tri-Center football

Harder completed 17 of 24 for 207 yards and a touchdown while not throwing an interception as Tri-Center won its first-ever state title in the Class A final.

Tate Hawf, West Lyon football

Hawf and his teammates finished off a perfect season with the Class 2A state title, as he rushed 17 times for 114 yards with two touchdowns.

Kaden Hills, Southeast Polk football

Hills caught six passes for 99 yards with two touchdowns as the Rams won the Class 5A state championship for a fourth straight year.

Colin Homan, Remsen St. Mary’s football

Homan was all over the field in the 8-Man finals, recording 8.5 tackles including three for loss with a sack and a quarterback hurry as the Hawks won another state championship.

Jaxan Huyser, West Lyon football

Huyser and the West Lyon defense made things miserable for Spirit Lake in the Class 2A finals, as he recorded 5.5 tackles with two sacks and a forced fumble.

Rowan Jacobi, Springville girls basketball

Jacobi kicked off her junior season by scoring 33 points with 13 rebounds, four steals and three blocks in a win over Northeast. 

Judd Jirovsky, Grundy Center football

Jirovsky led the Spartans to a third straight title, rushing for 121 yards and three scores while completing 8 of 14 passes for another 92.

Carter Kunze, Tri-Center football

Kunze carried the ball 36 times for 168 yards and a touchdown as Tri-Center knocked off defending state champion West Hancock in the Class A final, 14-10. 

Carson Meyer, West Lyon football

Meyer recovered two fumbles and broke up two passes for West Lyon in a victory over Spirit Lake for the Class 2A state title.

Zay Robinson, West Des Moines Valley football

The future Iowa State Cyclone caught six passes for 77 yards with two touchdowns in the Class 5A finals.

Tom Scheer, Dubuque Wahlert football

Scheer showed off his dual-threat abilities, catching five passes for 128 yards with two touchdowns while rushing for 49 and another score to win the Class 3A title.

BJ Tate, North Polk football

Tate was a workhorse in the Class 4A final, rushing 31 times for 152 yards while also catching two passes.

Ryker Thoren, Grundy Center football

Thoren racked up 8.5 tackles with two for loss as the Spartan defense held Dike-New Hartford to just 35 yards rushing.

Landon Waldschmitt, Remsen St. Mary’s football

Waldschmitt tied a state title game record with seven total touchdowns, rushing 33 times for 177 yards and five scores while throwing for 156 and two as the Hawks won the 8-Man state title.